What changed
On June 12, US export controls restricted Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals; Anthropic couldn’t verify nationality in real time, so it suspended both models for all users. The controls were lifted on June 30, and from July 1 Fable 5 was available again worldwide on Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cowork and the Claude Platform, with AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Foundry to follow. Pro, Max, Team and some Enterprise plans could use it for up to 50% of weekly limits through July 7, then via usage credits.
Who it affects
Claude Code users who rely on Fable 5, especially on cloud-provider deployments.
What to do
Keep a fallback model configured for agent workflows that pin Fable.